Soccer Preview: Hillcrest vs. Idaho Falls
Hillcrest hasn't had much luck against Idaho Falls recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Hillcrest Knights will head out to challenge the Idaho Falls Tigers at 7:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Wednesday.
Hillcrest took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They never let Shelley onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Knights' Crew Belnap and the Russets' Eli Heath and Daniel Chavez were all carded.
Hillcrest hit Shelley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Isai Espinosa,
Emmett Gudmundson, and
Braxton Herrera.
Meanwhile, everything went Idaho Falls' way against Skyline on Monday as Idaho Falls made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Hillcrest has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-8-1 record this season. As for Idaho Falls, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5-3.
Hillcrest came up short against Idaho Falls when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Hillcrest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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